Eriogonum vimineum

Douglas ex Bentham

Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 416. 1836.

Common names: Wicker-stem wild buckwheat
Endemic
Synonyms: Eriogonum shoshonense A. Nelson Eriogonum vimenum subsp. shoshonense (A. Nelson) S. Stokes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 421. Mentioned on page 415, 422.

Herbs, erect to slightly spreading, 0.5–3 (–5) dm, thinly tomentose to floccose or glabrous, grayish or reddish gray. Stems: aerial flowering-stems erect, 0.5–1 dm, thinly tomentose to floccose, infrequently glabrous, straight or nearly so, infrequently inwardly curved distally. Leaves basal; petiole 1–4 cm, mostly floccose; blade round-ovate to rounded, 0.5–2 (–2.5) × 0.5–2 cm, white-tomentose abaxially, less so to nearly glabrous and grayish or greenish adaxially. Inflorescences cymose, often distally uniparous due to suppression of secondary branches, open to somewhat diffuse, 5–25 × 5–25 cm; branches floccose or glabrous; bracts 1–3 × 1–2 mm. Peduncles absent. Involucres appressed to branches, narrowly cylindric, 2–3.5 (–4) × 1–2 mm, glabrous or infrequently floccose; teeth 5, erect, 0.3–0.6 mm. Flowers 2–2.5 mm; perianth white to rose or pale-yellow, glabrous; tepals slightly dimorphic, those of outer whorl broadly spatulate to obovate, those of inner whorl oblanceolate; stamens included, 1–1.5 mm; filaments pilose proximally or glabrous. Achenes brown, 3-gonous, 2–2.5 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, mixed grassland, saltbush, and sagebrush communities, oak, juniper, and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 50-2400 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Eriogonum vimineum is widespread and common to abundant or even locally weedy from southeastern Washington southward through central and eastern Oregon and western Idaho to northeastern California and northern Nevada. Except for occasional populations in northeastern California, where it can be confused with E. luteolum, this species is distinct, albeit variable, throughout its range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
James L. Reveal +
Douglas ex Bentham +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +  and acute +
Eriogonum sect. Oregonium +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
greenish +  and grayish +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and white-tomentose +
round-ovate;rounded +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
grooved +, disarticulating +  and dichotomous +
not brittle +
glabrous +  and floccose +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Wicker-stem wild buckwheat +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
50-2400 m +
glabrous +  and pilose +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
not disarticulating +  and solid +
curved +, nearly +  and straight +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
not fistulose +
slender;stout +
unwinged +  and winged +
black +, red +, brown +  and yellowish +
exserted +  and included +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
spheroidal +, 4-gonous +, lenticular +, biconvex +, discoid +, 3-gonous +  and 2-gonous +
Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, mixed grassland, saltbush, and sagebrush communities, oak, juniper, and montane conifer woodlands +
open +, uniparous +  and cymose +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
floccose +  and glabrous +
nonmembranous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
marcescent +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
lobed +, undulate +, crisped +, crenulate +  and entire +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
erect to deflexed +
white;rose or pale-yellow +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Sep. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Trans. Linn. Soc. London +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
erect +, ascending +  and prostrate +
short-pilose +, puberulent +, sericeous +, glabrous +, floccose +, tomentose +  and lanate +
penicillate +, fimbriate +  and capitate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-lobed +  and cylindric +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
consisting of a series +  and tubular +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
Eriogonum shoshonense +  and Eriogonum vimenum subsp. shoshonense +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum vimineum +
Eriogonum subg. Oregonium +
species +
emarginate +  and entire +
1/4 +  and 1/2 +
lobed +  and laciniate +
coriaceous +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
involucral +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
short-pilose +, puberulent +, sericeous +, floccose +  and tomentose or lanate +
reddish gray +  and grayish +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +
erect;slightly spreading +
thinly tomentose +  and floccose or glabrous +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +